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Absence Quote by Ed Bliss

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“Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives.”

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If you are too busy to exercise, you are too busy.

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The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time.

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Once you start something, finish it. Don't accumulate a backlog of unfinished projects.

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The precise statement of any problem is the most important step in its solution.

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A few fat files are better than a lot of thin ones.

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Of all the time-saving techniques ever developed, perhaps the most effective is the frequent use of the word no.

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If you ask people to do things and they usually don't get around to them, stop asking yourself, "What's the matter with people these…

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Bottlenecks are usually at the tops of bottles.

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Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for…

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Since the early bird catches the worm, it's a good idea to begin your day as soon as you can -- unless, of course,…

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Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it.

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The work, the work, the work. This is what the business is all about. This is the fun, the glory, the pleasure. It's the…

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Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he…

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Local and state governments have outrun the federal government. The EPA has served notice that it will enact a rule requiring CO2 reductions by…

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There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no meaning. For loneliness assumed the absence of other people, and the solitude she found in that desperate terrain had never admitted the possibility of other people. She wept then. Tears for the deaths of the…

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

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Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most…

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It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of far less importance to the outcome than the passion generated in the attacker. The man who has lost control will cause serious injuries in many cases, quite irrespective of the weapon he uses and regardless…

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The absence of God in most spheres of life is perceived to be normal, and even Christians feel it as normal - which is…

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Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are…

“I was thinking how most people don't make you feel much of anything at all. Don't make you feel like time spent with them…

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Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.

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